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Did the Second Oswald Fly to Roswell?
There is a most incredible story in The JFK Assassination Chokeholds : Air Force Sergeant Robert G. Vinson claims to have a front seat to...

Fred Litwin
Feb 22, 202511 min read
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Garrison, White-Collar Demagogue
Here is a book review of Edward Jay Epstein's 1969 book, Counterplot : (you can read his book here ) New York Magazine, February 10, 1969 Money quote: After reading Mr. Epstein's fascinating Counterplot (a chunk of it ran in the New Yorker ), I have evolved my own theory, to which I refuse to swear under oath. It is this: the "second Oswald" is really Jim Garrison. Both wanted a piece of the attention action in America. Both suffered from the strange new disease of media pe

Fred Litwin
Jan 9, 20241 min read
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Lee Harvey Oswald was not Impersonated at Bolton Ford
I believe that I have come up with the answer to what actually happened at the Bolton Ford dealership in early 1961 in New Orleans....

Fred Litwin
Jan 11, 20227 min read
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Did Kerry Thornley Lie About Oswald's Height?
Here is a note that Jim Garrison sent to Gaeton Fonzi: For some strang e reason, Jim Garrison believed that he was on to something. Here is what Thornley said about his height to the Warren Commission: Only Jim Garrison could feel that this exchange was suspicious. Here is what he wrote in his book, On the Trail of the Assassins : (page 73) One of the reasons I had developed an interest in Thornley was that I suspected he could have been the man who used the name "Oswald" at

Fred Litwin
Jan 8, 20225 min read
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Exclusive: Jim Garrison Interviewed by the HSCA
In July and August 1977, Jim Garrison was interviewed by staff members of the House Select Committee on Assassinations. I have five tapes of his interviews and, over the next several weeks, I will be publishing them here for the first time ever. Here is page one of the HSCA memo on the interviews: Here is the first of five tapes. And guess what? It's Jim Garrison at his craziest: This was not the first tape - it was recorded towards the end of the week with Garrison. Here is

Fred Litwin
Dec 14, 20215 min read
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Was Lee Harvey Oswald Arrested in New Orleans in 1962?
A New Orleans policeman remembered arresting Oswald at the lakefront in New Orleans in 1962. The only problem is that Oswald was not in...

Fred Litwin
Nov 12, 20211 min read
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Richard Popkin Melds the Second Oswald Theory with the Richard Case Nagell Story
If you take one part crazy, and then add another part ridiculous, what do you come up with? Richard Popkin, author of The Second Oswald,...

Fred Litwin
Aug 21, 20213 min read
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Who was Leon Oswald?
Richard Popkin's The Second Oswald and Harold Weisberg's Whitewash presented the theory that somebody was impersonating Lee Harvey Oswald...

Fred Litwin
Aug 12, 20219 min read
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Jim Garrison Discusses the Two Oswalds
At the New Orleans conference in September 1968, Jim Garrison and his investigators and some Warren Commission critics discussed the two Oswalds . Here is their discussion: (page 153+) F = Bernard Fensterwald G = Jim Garrison T = William Turner Box = Bill Boxley S = Richard E. Sprague Even amongst themselves, they seem to have a hard time explaining their theories. At one point, Bernard Fensterwald says, "Wait a minute, You all are losing me somewhere here now." There's the

Fred Litwin
May 19, 20211 min read
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Did Harvey Wade See the Second Oswald?
Harvey Wade claimed he saw Lee Harvey Oswald at Jack Ruby's Carousel Club in November 1963. The Warren Commission had read the FBI...

Fred Litwin
Apr 15, 20212 min read
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Was Thornley the Second Oswald? Yes, Again!
Jim Garrison was convinced that Kerry Thornley was the second Oswald. Here is a memo regarding an interview with yet another felon about...

Fred Litwin
Mar 6, 20211 min read
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Who Exactly was the Man with a Scar?
Jim Garrison listed Thomas Beckham twice in his leads memo from November 1967. Here is the first: This is the only reference I have seen...

Fred Litwin
Jan 10, 20212 min read
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Did Valentine Ashworth Meet the Second Oswald?
In late July, 1967 Garrison's office received this letter: To me, this all sounds ridiculous. Oswald in Ohio? Mr. Ashworth claimed he...

Fred Litwin
Jan 2, 20212 min read
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Was Kerry Thornley the Second Oswald?
Kerry Thornley was a Marine buddy of Oswald's and they served together for three months in the spring of 1959. Oswald took an interest in...

Fred Litwin
Nov 6, 20202 min read
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Another Wacky Garrison Investigative Memo - Was Oswald Impersonated?
Here is a memo that Louis Ivon, an investigator for Garrison, wrote in November 1968. The basic premise is that, because there are...

Fred Litwin
Oct 23, 20201 min read
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